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    Role of Purinergic Receptor (P2X4) in EtOH-Mediated Microglial Immune Responses

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    Date
    2015
    Author
    Gofman, Larisa
    Advisor
    Potula, Raghava
    Committee member
    Ramirez, Servio H.
    Unterwald, Ellen M.
    Sawaya, Bassel E.
    Jordan-Sciutto, Kelly L.
    Department
    Pathology
    Subject
    Neurosciences
    Alcohol
    Microglia
    P2x4
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/2931
    
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/2913
    Abstract
    Ethanol (EtOH) abuse is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Mounting evidence indicates that EtOH-induced neuropathology may result from multicellular responses in which microglia cells play a prominent role. Purinergic receptor signaling plays a key role in regulating microglial function and, more importantly, mediates EtOH-induced effects. In our current study we sought to determine the effects of EtOH on microglial cell function, specifically the role of purinergic receptor X4 (P2X4) in EtOH-mediated microglial responses. Our results show a significant up-regulation of P2X4 gene expression as analyzed by real-time qPCR and protein expression as analyzed by flow cytometry in embryonic stem cell-derived microglial cells (ESdM) after 48 hours of EtOH treatment, as compared to untreated controls. Calcium mobilization in EtOH treated ESdM cells was found to be P2X4R- dependent using 5-BDBD, a selective P2X4R antagonist. Blocking P2X4R signaling with 5-BDBD decreased the level of calcium mobilization compared to EtOH treatment alone. EtOH decreased migration of microglia towards fractalkine (CX3CL1) by 75% following 48 hours of treatment compared to control. CX3CL1-dependent migration was confirmed to be P2X4 receptor-dependent using the antagonist 5-BDBD, which reversed the effects as compared to EtOH alone. Similarly, 48 hours of EtOH treatment significantly decreased phagocytosis of microglia by 15% compared to control. 5-BDBD pre-treatment prior to EtOH treatment significantly increased microglial phagocytosis. These findings demonstrate that P2X4 receptor may play a role in modulating important regulatory functions in microglia in the context of EtOH abuse. P2X4R plays an important regulatory function in microglia. P2X4 is involved in a myriad of molecular signaling such as proliferation, activation of transcription factors, specifically through the MAPK pathway, and ATP signaling. Here, we also investigated the intracellular signal transduction pathway that influences P2X4R expression in microglia in response to EtOH. We found EtOH (100 mM) decreased phosphorylated AKT and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) cascades in ESdM cells. EtOH effect on ERK phosphorylation was completely inhibited by U0126, an inhibitor of MEK 1 and 2. However, PD98095, a potent inhibitor of MEK1 but a weak inhibitor of MEK2 had modest effect on phosphorylated ERK1/2 suggesting a possible role of MEK2-dependent ERK signaling in modulating EtOH induced effects on microglia. Utilization of 5-BDBD, a selective P2X4R antagonist reversed the EtOH-induced effect on phosphorylated AKT and ERK. Next we wanted to examine the effects of EtOH on transcription factor activity to determine the signaling mediators, which may play a role in EtOH-induced increase in P2X4R in microglia. EtOH increased transcriptional activity of NFκB, NFAT, and CREB,, however 5-BDBD blocked the effect on CREB transcriptional activity alone, suggesting a specific role of CREB in EtOH-induced expression of P2X4R in microglia. In summary, EtOH affects the expression of P2X4R in microglial cells and contributes to aberrant microglial effector function including phagocytosis and migration as well as alterations in calcium mobilization. Furthermore, pharmacological blockade with a selective P2X4R antagonist reversed the action, suggesting that P2X4R may play a role in mediating EtOH-induced effects on microglia. EtOH decreased expression of ERK and AKT, which was blocked with the P2X4R antagonist, suggesting EtOH effect may contribute to irregular microglial signaling. Investigations regarding transcription factor NFκB, NFAT and CREB activity in response to EtOH, all showed an increase after EtOH treatment, however P2X4R antagonist only had an effect on CREB, blocking the effect of EtOH on its activity. Determining the mechanism underlying EtOH-induced increase in P2X4R expression still remains unclear. This research was conducted to investigate the importance of P2X4R signaling in EtOH-mediate microglial function. Although many more questions remain unanswered, these experiments have provided evidence to target purinergic receptor X4 as a potential mediator of EtOH-induced effects in microglia.
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